Lahore, May 10 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League chief Nawaz Sharif, who is described by friends and supporters as "power-obsessed, arrogant, impulsive, unwilling to collaborate", is said to have mellowed down ahead of the polls.

Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): The May 11 general elections in Pakistan will not only decide which political party will form the next civilian government, but could also be a litmus for the country's powerful military, that has opted to stay out of politics.

Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Software giant Microsoft will host a May 21 press event, where, according to many analysts, the firm will unveil Xbox 720, a report has said.

Washington, Apr. 5 (ANI): U.S. officials are steadily working through diplomatic channels around North Korea in a bid to calm tensions before things get 'hotter'.

Karachi, Apr. 1 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which swept the 2008 elections in its traditional stronghold of Sindh, largely due to the massive wave of sympathy generated by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, may be in for a fight this time.

Washington, Mar. 30 (ANI): Prominent North Korean analysts, citing what they see as increasingly troubling signs coming from the dictatorial regime, have voiced concerns that its new young leader, Kim Jong-un, could do something ill-advised and even start a war with the US.

Karachi, Mar. 25 (ANI): Although former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has returned to his country after four years of self exile, with an aim to 'save the nation', analysts are skeptical about his objective, as they believe that he will have a "minimal" impact on the elections.

London, Mar 25 (ANI): Hollywood filmmakers are now favouring dazzling special effects instead of steamy sex scenes in their flicks, film industry analysts have claimed.

London, Mar 23 (ANI): A cheaper, plastic bodied iPhone costing roughly half the price of the standard Apple smartphone is set to be launched this summer, according to analysts.

Islamabad, Feb 23 (ANI): Pakistan recently received a senior anti-Taliban Afghan Hazara leader as a state guest in a bid to win the sympathy of non-Pashtun ethnic communities, according to a report.

London, Feb 20 (ANI): Dell has reported quarterly profits and revenues ahead of expectations, which could be the computer maker's last set of results as a public company.

Washington, Jan. 22 (ANI): Disparate opposition groups are so divided in Egypt that they risk losing in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country to Islamists, analysts and activists have said.

London, Jan.17 (ANI): iPhone 5 is still selling heavily despite reports that Apple has cut down orders for the phone's components due to low demand, according to analysts.

Islamabad, Jan. 16 (ANI): Heated debate has unleashed amongst Pakistani analysts about whether democracy has just been upended in Pakistan, following the decision of the Supreme Court to order the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the midst of major protests in Islamabad expressing frustration at the government.

Washington, Jan. 16 (ANI): US retail sales rose in December by more than analysts had expected, as Americans spent more on cars and home furnishings.

New Delhi, Jan. 16 (ANI): Defence experts have welcomed Pakistan Supreme Court's order to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, and predicted that the Islamic nation was again headed for a military coup.

London, Jan 5 (ANI): Tech giant Apple could be forced to launch a new smaller iPhone to respond to Samsung's growing share of the smartphone market, analysts have predicted.

London, Jan 4 (ANI): Micro blogging site Twitter is now worth around 11 billion dollars, and is likely to make its market debut next year, analysts have predicated.

London, Dec 19 (ANI): American multinational financial services corporation Morgan Stanley has been fined five million dollars by the Massachusetts securities regulator for 'improperly influencing' analysts before Facebook's share sale.

London, December 16 (ANI): A Second World War code from 1944 attached to a dead carrier pigeon in a fireplace which had left all code-breaking analysts and experts from GCHQ stumped, has finally been decoded y a historian to reveal what it actually says.

Washington, Nov. 17 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's trip to Myanmar could offer an opportunity for China and the US to work together, even as Beijing eyes the visit with a wary eye, analysts have said.

Tokyo, Nov 17 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election is unlikely to help Japan in its dispute with China over Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, analysts in Tokyo have said.

Washington, Nov. 9 (ANI): Strict 'fiscal cliff', tax increases and federal spending cuts set for the end of the year would send the economy back into recession and cause a spike in the jobless rate to 9.1 percent by next fall, congressional budget analysts has warned.

Dubai, Nov. 8 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's re-election was expected by many Arab analysts, and when officially announced was welcomed by the people.

Washington, Nov. 1 (ANI): A year-and-a-half after the Pakistani government formed the Abbottabad Commission to probe in to the May 2011 U.S. raid, which killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, the only thing that has come from a formal investigation are rumours, and analysts believe that the whole exercise may have been futile.